Medicaid expansion under the affordable care act: Potential changes in receipt of mental health treatment among low-income nonelderly adults with serious mental illness

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1982-1989

  Han, Beth ^a   Gfroerer, Joe ^a   Kuramoto, S Janet ^a   Ali, Mir ^a   Woodward, Albert M ^a   Teich, Judith ^a  

^a SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; POVERTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84941349370     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302521     Document Type: Article

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